Roleplaying games from historical research
Let’s continue the experiment of treating the works of Lord Dunsany as the reminisences of a redcap. This week we have one of his least coherent stories. My inculcations are in green. There are things that are known only to the long porter of Tong Tong Tarrup as he sits and mumbles memories to himself…
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Dunsany’s work here describes a regio. It might be Faerie in origin, but could also be a covenant which has encircled itself with a spell like The Shrouded Glen. In this post, Dunsany’s words are in black, my interjections in green. Besides the old shepherd at Lingwold whose habits render him unreliable I am probably…
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Let us continue the conceit that the works of Lord Dunsany are the reminiscences of a retired redcap. This time, we have a queen, a quest for her hand, a hero, his servant, and a monster. What could better suit our purpose? My comments are in blue. Apologies for formatting errors: I need to change my work processes to stop this happening again. *** Sylvia, Queen of the Woods, in her woodland palace, held court, and made a mockery of her suitors. She would sing to them, she said, she would give them banquets,…
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I’ve been saying in various episodes the next Dunsany will be Tale of Pombo the Idolater. The problem with that is that the plot hooks it offers overlap strongly with the Three Literary Men. They seem to have been written as companion pieces, and so I don’t want to bore listeners with the same set…
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Games From Folktales 